University at Buffalo: Reporter

Obituaries

Charles R. Fall, 78, education professor
A private memorial service will be held in Santa Barbara, Calif., for Charles R. Fall, 78, a retired professor of education at UB who died Feb. 5 in St. Francis Hospital, Santa Barbara, a week after moving there from Buffalo.

Family members reported to the Buffalo News that Fall died of pneumonia, a complication after a year-long battle with cancer.

Fall, who retired in 1982, taught at UB for 33 years. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Ohio State University and came to Buffalo in 1949, a year after he received his doctorate at Columbia University. He taught social foundations to graduate students and undergraduates.

A decorated veteran of World War II, he received a battlefield commendation while serving in France and Germany and was awarded a Bronze Star and the Purple Heart for battlefield injuries.

Fall received Fulbright grants in 1958 and 1962, traveling to Pakistan and Sri Lanka; he was an exchange professor in Melbourne, Australia, in 1972.

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